List of Louisville Colonels managers

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Hall of Famer Fred Clarke was the Louisville Colonels' last Major League manager.

The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in Louisville, Kentucky. They played in the American Association when it was considered a major league from 1882 through 1891 and in the National League from 1892 through 1899, after which the team folded and its best players were transferred to the Pittsburgh Pirates.[1][2] From 1882 through 1884 the team was named the Louisville Eclipse.[1] During their time as a Major League team, the Colonels employed 17 managers.[3] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.[4][5]

The Colonels' first manager was Denny Mack.[1] Mack managed the team for one season (1882), in which he led the Colonels to a record of 38 wins and 42 losses.[3] Fred Clarke was the Colonels' last manager.[1] Clarke took over as player-manager of the team during the 1897 season, and managed the team through the 1899 season while also playing as an outfielder for the Colonels.[1][6] Clarke was one of the players transferred to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1900, as were Honus Wagner, Tommy Leach, Claude Ritchey and Deacon Phillippe.[7][8] Clarke took over as the Pirates' player-manager, and after a second-place finish in 1900, he led the Pirates, with the former Colonels stars, to three consecutive league pennants in 1901, 1902, 1903, and a World Series championship in 1909.[9] Clarke was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945, the only Colonels' manager so honored.[10][11] The Colonels won their only Major League pennant when they had the best record in the American Association in 1890.[1] They played to a tie in the World Series that season against the National League champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms; each team won three games and there was one tie game.[a][12] Jack Chapman was the Colonels' manager that season.[3]

Clarke holds the Colonels' record for games managed (402), managerial wins (180), and managerial losses (212).[3] Mike Walsh, who managed the team in 1884, has the highest winning percentage of any Colonels' manager, at .630.[3] The only other two managers who had winning percentages over .500 for the Colonels are Mack and Joe Gerhardt, who managed the team in 1883.[3] The only Colonels' manager who served more than one term was Mordecai Davidson, who served two terms during the 1888 season while he was also the team's owner.[13][14] Davidson replaced John Kelly for three games before being replaced by John Kerins.[3][13] After Kerins managed the Colonels for seven games, Davidson took over again for the final 90 games of the season.[3][13] Davidson's total managerial record with the Colonels was 93 games managed with 35 wins and 54 losses, for a winning percentage of .393.[13]

Table key

#
A running total of the number of Colonels managers. Any manager who has two or more separate terms is counted only once.
G
Number of regular season games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie games
W
Number of regular season wins in games managed
L
Number of regular season losses in games managed
WPct
Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed
PA
Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PW
Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs
PL
Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs
LC
League Championships: number of League Championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager
WS
World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
†
Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Managers

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Billy Barnie managed the Colonels in 1893 and 1894.
#[b] Manager Seasons G W L WPct PA PW PL LC WS Ref
1 Mack, DennyDenny Mack 1882 80 42 38 .525 — — — — — [15]
2 Gerhardt, JoeJoe Gerhardt 1883 98 52 45 .536 — — — — — [16]
3 Walsh, MikeMike Walsh 1884 110 68 40 .630 — — — — — [17]
4 Hart, JimJim Hart 1885–1886 250 119 129 .480 — — — — — [18]
5 Kelly, JohnJohn Kelly 1887–1888 178 86 89 .491 — — — — — [19][20][21]
6 Davidson, MordecaiMordecai Davidson 1888 3 1 2 .333 — — — — — [13]
7 Kerins, JohnJohn Kerins 1888 7 3 4 .429 — — — — — [22]
— Davidson, MordecaiMordecai Davidson 1888 90 34 52 .395 — — — — — [13]
8 Esterbrook, DudeDude Esterbrook 1889 10 2 8 .200 — — — — — [23]
9 Wolf, JimmyJimmy Wolf 1889 65 14 51 .215 — — — — — [24]
10 Shannon, DanDan Shannon 1889 58 10 46 .179 — — — — — [25]
11 Chapman, JackJack Chapman 1889–1892 336 164 166 .497 1 3 3 1 0[a] [12][26]
12 Pfeffer, FredFred Pfeffer 1892 100 42 56 .429 — — — — — [27]
13 Barnie, BillyBilly Barnie 1893–1894 257 86 169 .337 — — — — — [28]
14 McCloskey, JohnJohn McCloskey 1895–1896 152 37 113 .247 — — — — — [29]
15 McGunnigle, BillBill McGunnigle 1896 115 36 76 .321 — — — — — [30]
16 Rogers, JimJim Rogers 1897 44 17 24 .415 — — — — — [31]
17 Clarke, FredFred Clarke† 1897–1899 402 180 212 .459 — — — — — [9]
Totals 17 managers 18 seasons 2,355 993 1,320 .429 1 3 3 1 0

Footnotes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Louisville Colonels Team History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  2. ↑ Bernstein, S. "Barney Dreyfuss". The Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Louisville Colonels Managerial Register". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  4. ↑ "Manager: Definition | Dictionary.com". Dictionary.Reference.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 2006. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  5. ↑ Dickson, P. (2009). The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third ed.). W.W. Norton & Co. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-393-06681-4.
  6. ↑ "Fred Clarke". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
  7. ↑ Simon, T. (2004). "Pittsburgh". Deadball Stars of the National League. Brassey's, Inc. p. 141. ISBN 1-57488-860-9.
  8. ↑ Louisa, A. (2004). "Claude Cassius Ritchey". In Simon, T. Deadball Stars of the National League. Brassey's, Inc. pp. 161–162. ISBN 1-57488-860-9.
  9. 1 2 "Fred Clarke Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  10. ↑ "Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame with Induction Year". The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  11. ↑ "Louisville Colonels Hall of Fame Register". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  12. 1 2 3 "1890 World Series". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mordecai Davidson Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  14. ↑ Sullivan, D. (1997). Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908. U of Nebraska Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-8032-9244-4.
  15. ↑ "Denny Mack Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  16. ↑ "Joe Gerhardt Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  17. ↑ "Mike Walsh Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  18. ↑ "Jim Hart Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  19. ↑ Smith, J.D. "Honest John Kelly He Was One of a Kind" (PDF). The Baseball Research Journal (The Society for American Baseball Research) (14): 7–9. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  20. ↑ "Kick Kelly". Retrosheet. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  21. ↑ Fleitz, D.L. (2009). The Irish in Baseball: An Early History. McFarland. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-7864-3419-0.
  22. ↑ "John Kerins Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  23. ↑ "Dude Esterbrook Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  24. ↑ "Jimmy Wolf Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  25. ↑ "Dan Shannon Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  26. ↑ "Jack Chapman". Retrosheet. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
  27. ↑ "Fred Pfeffer". Retrosheet. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
  28. ↑ "Billy Barnie Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  29. ↑ "John McCloskey Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  30. ↑ "Bill McGunnigle Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  31. ↑ "Jim Rogers Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  32. ↑ "World Series". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2009-03-15.

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